Mafia II Collector's Edition coming

By Ellie Gibson Published 26 May, 2010

DLC! Map! Soundtrack! Art book.

2K Games has revealed that Mafia II will be available as a Collector's Edition for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Each CE will feature a metallic SteelBook case, a hardback art book, a soundtrack and map.On top of that, "select UK retailers" will provide free downloadable content to those who pre-order the Collector's Edition. The DLC will get you two new luxury cars and two suits.

"By offering downloadable content and special editions of Mafia II, we are able to show our appreciation for those guys wise enough to reserve their copies early," said 2K president Christoph Hartmann. He sounds jolly.

There's no word on a price for the Collector's Edition. We do know, however, that Mafia II will be released on 27th August. Visit the gamepage for all the business.

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • X201 #1 2 years ago

    "a soundtrack"

    as opposed to "a soundtrack CD"



    /alas poor Soundtrack CD, another victim of downloads

  • bad09 #2 2 years ago

    "By offering downloadable content and special editions of Mafia II, we are able to show our appreciation for those guys WISE ENOUGH to reserve their copies EARLY"

    Keep your fake gifts. People who pre-order games these days are idiots, games are much cheaper a month after release and DLC they tempt you with is normally useless horse armour stuff anyway....kinda like two new luxury cars and two suits....

  • brseg #3 2 years ago

    Concentrate on making a game worthy of the asking price -- the chances of me seeing any dlc or special editions/preorders are very very small (probably zero). If any game is less than stellar then I'll pick it up in 6 months time, dont you worry about that.
    Edited by brseg at 26/05/10 @ 17:13

  • Timbercottage #4 2 years ago

    Please don't be shit. Please make the delays worth the wait.

  • LazyNinjaUk #5 2 years ago

    Was a little disappointed to find out you could pay to download DLC for Split/Second that basically unlocked all the cars. I mean what is the point in buying the game if you unlock everything from day one? DLC Madness...

  • brseg #6 2 years ago

    Don't forget L.A Noire is supposedly actually being released later this year. Also published by 2K, which makes no sense to me, unless they're very different games? From the trailer they look similar.

  • Retrogamer101 #7 2 years ago

    "People who pre-order games these days are idiots"

    Yep, all those people who pre ordered red dead redemption are such idiots, what with them playing it right now while thousands of customers throughout the UK who didn't pre order are moaning that it sold out everywhere. I agree that offering items such as already made dlc in special editions and charging more is ridiculous as is in split/ second's case charging for an unlock code. These are things that should be free but occasionally, you do get a gem such as the Bayonetta gun or street fighter t shirt. I paid no extra for these items and both the games in question were always going to be day 1 purchases for me anyway. The only reason I got these items is through a pre order which was free and I was under no obligation to buy. By all means have a moan about the current trend of worthless dlc tied with some pre orders (free avatar t shirt, anyone? Woohoo!) but to take it out on people who actually pre order the games is just plain wrong!

  • HermitArcader #8 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • TomSwift #9 2 years ago

    Two suits you say? FUCK YES!

  • shadow1979 #10 2 years ago

    Can't wait to get this, bonus that it's released on my birthday. ;) I'm hoping it's as good as the first one

  • matrim83 #11 2 years ago

    Wow thats a crappy LE.

  • reeferchief #12 2 years ago

    @brseg I seriously hope LA Noire is pushed back till next year. I'm 20hrs into RDR and plan on spending many more hours on it yet. Then theres Just Cause 2, Heavy Rain, Demon Souls and the GoW trilogy to pick up after that, Mafia II and Fallout New Vegas as well as Assassins Creed 2.5, where the fuck am I supposed to find time for LA Noire amongst that? I have a real life to live as well. :/

  • mkreku #13 2 years ago

    A couple of years ago I bought Ultima IX Collector's Edition. It's a nice wooden(like) box that contains the game, tarot cards, an ankh, a cloth map (yes, cloth), a real printed manual and some other stuff I forgot. It cost less than what an ordinary retail game does today.

    Now, in a Collector's Edition, you get the game and an artbook (what used to be a printed manual in normal retail games..) and then they let you download useless crap and pretend that's worth something. On top of that they charge you like £90.

    I am disappointed.

  • BBIAJ #14 2 years ago

    Come on Ted, suit up!

  • drxym #15 2 years ago

    Collector's Editions are the industry's way of parting the stupid from their money.

    @mkreku, funny you should say it but I still have a couple of Infocom titles in my cupboard and they shipped with more interesting bits of paraphenalia than so-called special editions.
    Edited by drxym at 26/05/10 @ 23:31

  • Morthill #16 2 years ago

    This is just a lame limited edition. As if the soundtrack and two costumes are gonna make it even just a little bit special? Come on people at 2K, are you really that dumb? Make a decent limited edition or don't make one at all.

    But, as long as people actually buy games this way, I doubt it'll change the mind of the industry.

  • r4z0rbl4d3 #17 2 years ago

    If it was any other game, I'd call it a crappy effort to make people buy the game early. This is Mafia II, a game that probably give Mass Effect 2 a decent challenge for GOTY, at least in my book, if they get it right! I'm totally getting the CE.

  • hiddenranbir #18 2 years ago

    Amazing sense of entitlement here.

  • makeamazing #19 2 years ago

    What is wrong with people having ago at people who pre-order... gamers can be such muppets sometimes.

    There is nothing wrong with pre-ordering a game. Yes you might be able to get a game two or three months down the line cheaper (not always the case might i add).... but some of us want to play the key games on release, as its much more fun talking and discussing how you are playing the game with fellow gamers at the same time.... think of it as you being the only person to watch the last episodes of lost 6 months after everyone else has already seen it... its not as much fun ;)

    Of course if you want to buy games later, i have no problem with that, but please dont have a go at people who pre-order.

  • Retro_ #20 2 years ago

    I pre-ordered RDR 9 months before release from Argos with 20% off. It cost £27 at the time and arrived on release day. What an idiot I am..... no wait!